by Colette Luke | Apr 25, 2013 | Immigration, Topics
WASHINGTON – The U.S. House of Representatives will take its turn on immigration by introducing a bill this week – the first of many in the coming weeks – that includes a temporary agricultural guest worker program and an e-verification system for U.S employers...
by Nadya Faulx | Apr 23, 2013 | Immigration
WASHINGTON — U.S. homeland security chief Janet Napolitano said Tuesday that border security loopholes that allowed Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev to go unnoticed on a trip to Russia in 2012 would be tightened under the Senate’s new immigration...
by Nadya Faulx | Apr 18, 2013 | Immigration, National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON—Arizona Sen. John McCain urged the Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday to develop an index to gauge border security, a measurement he called “fundamental” to the just-introduced bipartisan immigration reform plan. Homeland Security Secretary Janet...
by Nadya Faulx | Apr 15, 2013 | Immigration, Topics
WASHINGTON — With President Barack Obama and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto scheduled to meet for the first time next month, Mexican Ambassador Eduardo Medina-Mora outlined Monday a “new era of collaboration” between the two countries. Trade, border...
by Colette Luke | Apr 12, 2013 | Immigration, Topics
WASHINGTON –A group of moderate House members known as the New Democrat Coalition argues that comprehensive immigration reform would create more jobs and make the country more competitive in the global market. “Our history has shown that immigrants and their children...
by Nadya Faulx | Apr 11, 2013 | Immigration
WASHINGTON — Thousands of undocumented immigrants and their supporters gathered at the Capitol Wednesday to call for comprehensive immigration reform, just days after New York Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer told Face the Nation that a bill could be released by the...
